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FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTER. APPLICATION rmm FEB. s, 1906.

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PATENTED MAR. 5, 1907. S. K. DENNIS & F. W. RICE.

FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTER. APPLIQATION FILED FEB. 3, 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oFFIoE.

. SAMUEL K. DENNIS AND FRANK W; RICE, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGN ORS TO INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF the material towar rotatably mounted and deriving motion from the carrying- NEW JERSEY.

FERTILIZEFIY-DISTRIBUTER.

Patented-March 5, 1907.

- Applieation 1115a February 3,1906. serial No. 299.253.

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Be-it known that we,'SA mmL K. DEnNIs and; FRANK R1011, citizens of the United States, -residing at Chicago; in the county of ook':an d State ofKIllinois, have invented certain newand useful Im rovements in Fertilizer-Distributers, of w ich the following is. a specification, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawing, forming a part thereof; L

Our invention relates t6 fertilizerdistr ibuters-of that type, hav' bottomfor the rece tac e adapted to convey a distributing-cylinder," at the rear end thereof wheels in any approved way, and isdesigned v to provide improved means for transmitting motion from the distributingcylinder .to the movable bottom. The object of our invention is to provide a feedmechanism that will be positive in. operv of parts shown oil-Fig.1;

" and .10 represent ,atioli'andone that may be regulated in a mannertopermit a variable speed of the extremely slow' to movable bottomfrom an a'very' hi h rate, as illustrated by the accompany ng rawings, in which- Figurefl re resents-a side viewof the rear end ofa ferti lzer-distributer embodying our Invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional top plan view represent details of construction. Figs. 6 and 7 represent enlarged side elevations of parts of Fig. 15, and Fig. 8 represents a detail ofthe gear-ship ing mechanism. Figs; 9 etached views of details of the mechanism.

g The same reference-numerals denote similar parts throughout the several views.

1 represents a portion of the receptacle suitably mounted upon combined carrying and traction wheels, (designated by 2.)

3 is a part of the movable bottom; 4, a driving-shaft having means engaging with the movable bottom in'a manner to transmit motion thereto; 5, a gear-wheel secured to the shaft 4; 6, a worm-gear adapted to. en-

gagefwith the gear-wheel 5 and mounted upon oneend of a shaft 7, that is journaled 1n a swinging bracket 8 and having a bevelpinion 9, secured to its opposite end and meshing with a combined ratchetrwheel and a movable flexible Figs. 3, 4, and 5 ing bracket 8 is mounted upon the outer end of the stud 11 and is held against lateral movement by means of the in 13 and a journal-block 14, havin para lel sides and adapted to slide in a yo e portion 15, integral with'the plate 12, the journal-block havng laterally-projecting lip -portions 16, en

gaging with the side walls of theyoke in a manner to resist end thrust of the worm and shalt, said'side walls designed to engage with the lip portionsv being formed concentrlc with the stud 11. The bracket 8 swings about the stud '11 as its axis and is caused to move in a direction to disengage the worm 6 from thegear-wheel' 5 by means of a coiled spr' l7, seated in the bottom of the yoke 15 a i id. pressing upward against the journal-block 14. To swing the bracket in an opposite direction, we rovide a. cam-block 18, pivotally mounted upon apin 19, passing laterally through openings in the upper ends of the side walls of the yoke, the openings being elongated in a manner to permit the pin to be adjusted toward or from the axis of the worm and shaft, and 20 designates adjusting-screws mounted at the ends of the side walls of theyoke and operative to adjust the pin in the manner described.

The block 18 is provided with a cam portion 21,. adapted to en age with the j ournal: block 14, and it. is roc ed about its axis by means of a reciprocating bar 22, mounted to slide in bearings forming a part of'the plate 12 and having a pin 23 projecting from o posite sides thereof and engaging with teet 24, integral with the cam upon opposite sidesof angularly-arranged stop-shoulders 25 and 26,

with which the lower edge of the bar is adapted to contact in a manner to in'adjusted position.

Arock-shaft 27 is suitably mounted below the receptacle 1, and secured thereto is a bellcrank lever 28,. having arms-29 and 30,,and

retain' the cam pivotally connected with arm 29 is one end of a link 31, having its opposite end slidably connected with the bar 22, and 32 is a'coiled spring surrounding the link and operative between a pin 33 therethrough and a clip 34, secured to the bar in a manner to yieldingly hold the link in extended position, as shown in Fig. 6. Anyconvenient means may be provided for rocking the shaft 27 in its bear- ICC ings, such as a rod 35,connecte d with a lever 36,secured to the shaft.

A lip 3'7, integral with the plate 12, overlaps the upper edge of the bar 22 in a manner to hold it in operative engagement with the cam-block 18, and a portion of the lower edge of the bar is cut away, as shown at 38, for the purpose of allowing the apex of the angle made by the angular stop-shoulders 25 and 26 to rotate without coming in contact there with.

To impart motion to the operative parts, we provide a pawl-carrying arm 39, having its lower end pivotally mounted upon the stud 11, and a pawl is pivotally mounted at the opposite end of the arm and adapted to engage with the-ratchet portion of the wheel 10. A swinging lever 41 having its upper end ivotally connected with the plate 12 and its I ower end provided with a roller 42, engaging with a longitudinal slot 43 in the pawl-arm 39, is connected with the extended end of the shaft 44, forming the axis of the distributingcylinder 45, by means of the pitman 46, cccentric 47, secured to the shaft, and the bearing kportion 48 of the pitman engaging therewit Pivotally mounted upon the stud 11, between the wheel 10 and the pawl-carrying arm 39, is a rocking-lever 49, having its upper end provided with a cam-surface 50,adapted' to engage with the toe portion of the paw 40 in a manner to disengage it from the ratchetteeth of the wheel 10 when said lever is moved in one direction, and a link 51 connects the lower end of the lever with the arm30 of the bell-crank lever 28 in a manner to rock the lever 49 about its bearing when motion 1S imarted thereto, the position of the cam-surace 50 relative to the movement of the pawlcarrying arm regulating the amount of effective throw thereof.

P,ivotally mounted upon the plate 12 is a pawl 52, adapted to engage with the teeth of the gear-wheel 5 in a manner to prevent its movement in one direction when engaged therewith, and a lip ortion 53, integral with the pawl, overlaps the upper edge of the bar '22 in a manner to prevent the pawl from engaging with the teeth excepting when the bar is moved in a direction to release the worm 6 from engagement with the wheel 5,. as shown by dotted linesin Fig. 6, when the lip 53 will fall into a depression 54, formed in the bar.

In operation motion is transmitted from the traction-wheels to the distributing-cylinder by any preferred means, and the cylinder imparts motion to the pawl-carrying arm and through it to the ratchet and bevel-wheel operatively connected with the shaft carrying the worm adapted to engage with the gearwheel 5, secured to the feeder-shaft. The pawl-carrying arm is vibrated through an unvarying are at all itmes, and the speed of the ratchet-wheel is governed by the effective operation of the pawl engaging therewiththat is, if the rock-arm 49 be moved in one direction the cam-surface 50, forming a part thereof, will be interposed between the toe of the pawl and the ratchet-wheel a greater or less part of the movement of the pawl-carrying arm proportionately with the degree of movement of the rocking-lever, which movement is controlled by the rock-shaft 27, that is actuated by means of the rod 35, the leverarm and associated parts being so proportioned that the rock-arm 49 will be moved a suflicient distance in one direction to cause its cam-surface 50 to prevent any effective 0 eration of the pawl mechanism relative to the Wheel 10 before the bar 22 will operate to disengage the worm 6 from the gear-wheel 5, and if moved in an opposite direction the bar will cause the worm to engage before the cam allows the pawl mechanism to become effective as a power-transmitting medium. If the shipping mechanism be operated in a direction to cause the worm to engage with the gear-wheel 5 and it should come in contact with the points of the teeth thereof, the bar 22 will remain at rest and the link 31 slide against the force of the spring 32 in a manner to cause the bar to be moved by the reactionary force of the spring as soon as the worm is allowed to engage with the'teeth of the wheel. When the bar 22 is moved in a direction to cause the worm to be disengaged, the pawl 52 will engage with the wheel 5 in a manner to prevent a rearward movement of the movable bottom.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A fertilizer-distributer comprising, in combination, a receptacle, a movable bottom forming part of said receptacle, a rotatable distributing-cylinder, means for moving said bottom toward said cylinder, said means comprising a shaft connected with said bottom, a gear-wheel secured .to said shaft, a. worm adapted to engage with said wheel, said worm having a gear connection with a ratchet-wheel rota'tablv F, mounted upon a fixed part of the machine, a pawl and a vibratile pawl-carrying arm, said pawl adapted to engage with said ratchet-wheel, and means connected with said cylinder and operative to vibrate said pawl-carrying arm 2. A- fertilizer-distributer comprising, in combination, a receptacle, a movable bottom forming part of said receptacle, a rotatable distributing-cylinder, means for moving said bottom toward said cylinder, said means comprising a shaft connected with said bottom, a gear-wheel secured to said shaft, a ratchetwheel-rotatably mounted on a fixed part of the machine, motion transmitting means connecting said ratchet-wheel with'said cylinder, a gear-bracket adapted to swing about the axis of said ratchet-wheel, a worm carried by said bracket and adapted to engage with said gear-wheel, a spring operative to disengage said worm from said wheel, a pivotallymounted cam operative to swing said gearbracket against the action of said spring, and means for operating said cam,

3. A fertilizerdistributor comprising, in combination, a receptacle, a movable bottom forming part of said receptacle, a rotatable distributing-cylinder, means for moving said bottom toward said cylinder, said means comprising a shaft connected with said bottom, a gear-wheel secured to said shaft, a ratchet-wheel rotatably mounted on a fixed part of the machine, motion transmitting means connecting said ratchet-wheel with said cylinder, a gear-bracket adapted to swing about the axis of said ratchet-wheel, a worm carried by said bracket and deriving motion from said ratchet-wheel and adapted to engage with said gear-wheel, a spring operalive to disengage said worm from said wheel, a pivotaliy-monnted cam, o )erative to swing said goanbracltct against the action of said spring, said cam having angularly-arranged stop-shoulders. a sliding bar adapted to rotate said cam and engaging with said angularlyarranged stop-shoulders in a manner to retain the cam in adjusted position, and means for operating said sliding bar. I

4:. A fertilizer-distributer comprising, in combination, a receptacle, a movable bottom forming part of said receptacle, a rotatable distributting-cylinder, means for moving said bottom toward said cylinder, said means comprising a shaft connected with said bottom, a gear-wheel secured to said shaft, ab ratchet-wheel rotatably mounted on a fixed part of the machine, motion-transmitting means connecting said ratchet-wheel with said cylinder, a gear-bracket adapted to swing about the axis of said ratchet-wheel, a worm carried by said gear-bracket and deriving motion from said ratchet-wheel and adapted to engage with said gear-wheel,

means for moving said bracket toward said gearewheel, said means comprising a cam pivotally mountedupon a fixed part of the machine, said cam having'angularly-arranged stop-shoulders and radially-projecting teeth upon opposite sides-thereof, a-sliding bar adapted to engage with said stop-shoulders and having oppositely-dis osed projections adapted to engage with sai teeth, and means for sliding said bar.

'5, A fertilizer-distributor com rising, in combination, a receptacle, a mova is bottom forming part of said receptacle, a rotatable vdistributingcylinder, means for movingsaid bottom toward said cylinder, said means comprising a shaft connected with said bottom, a gear-wheel secured to said shaft, a ratchet-wheel journaledupon' a fixedtpart of the machine, motion-transmitting, means connecting said ratchetwheel with said cylinder, a gear-bracket adapted to swing about the axis oi said ratchet-wheel, a worm carried by said bracket and deriving motion from said ratchet-wheel and adapted to engage with said gear-wheel, means for moving said bracket toward said gear-wheel, said means comprising a cam pivotally mounted upon a fixed art of the machine and engagprojecting teeth upon opposite sides thereof, a sliding bar adapted to e'ngage with said stop-shoulders, sald .bar having oppositelydisposed projections adapted to engage with said teeth and a cut-away ortion affording clearance for the angle of t e stop-shoulders when the cam is rotated, and means for operating said bar. i

6. A fertil'zer-distributer com rising, in combination, a receptacle, a mova lebottom forming partof said receptacle, a rotatable distributing-cylinder, means for moving said bottom toward said cylinder, said means ing with said racket,-said cam having angularly-arranged stop-shoulders and radially-- comprising a shaft connected with said bottom, a gear-wheel secured to said shaft, a

worm adapted to engage with said gear- 1 wheel, motion-transmittmg means connecting said worm with said cylinder, means for adjusting said worm toward or from said gear-wheel,- said means comprising a rotatable cam, a sliding bar 0 eratively connected with said cam, a paw .pivotally mounted upon a fixed part of the machine and adapted to look said gear-wheel agsainst movement in' one direction, said awl eing controlled by said sliding bar, an means for operating said ar. 7. A, fertilizer-distributor com rising, combination, a receptacle, a mova is bottom forming art of said receptacle, a rotatable distributingcylinder, means for moving said bottom toward said cylinder, said means comprising a shaft connected with said bottom,- a ratchet-wheel rotatably mounted upon a 'fixed part of the machine, motion-transmitting means connecting said ratchet-wheel and said shaft, motion-transmitting means connecting said distributing cylinder and said ratchet-wheel, said second motion-transmitting means comprising a awl-carrying arm pivotally mounted upon t 1e axis of the ratchet-wheel, a pawl mounted u on said arm and adapted to engage with sai ratchetwheel, a pawl-controlling lever pivotally mounted upon the axis of the ratchet-wheel and having a cam-surface adapted to contact with the toe of said pawl in a manner to disengage it from the ratchet-wheel, and means for adjusting said pawl-controlling lever.

8. A ,fertilizer-distributer com rising, in combination, a receptacle, a mova 1e bottom forming part of said receptacle,-a rotatable distributing-cy inder, means for moving said bottom towar said cylinder, said means comprising a shaft connected with said bot- IIO means connecting said shaft with said ratchet-wheel, motion-transmitting means arranged s ot, a swinging lever having one end pivotally connected with a fixed part of the machine and provided with a roller at its opposite end adapted to engage with said s ot, an eccentric forming part of said distributing-cylinder, and a pitman connection between said, eccentric and said swinging ever 9. Adentilizer-distributer com rising, in combination, a receptacle, a mova 1e bottom forming part of said receptacle, a rotatable distributing-cylinder, means for moving said bottom toward said cylinder, said means comprising a shaft connected with said bottom, a gear-wheel secured .to said shaft, a ratchet-wheel rotatably mounted upon a fixed part of the machine, motion-transmittin means connecting. said ratchet-wheel with said cylinder, a gearbracket adapted to swing about theaxis of said ratchet-wheel, a worm carried by said gear-bracket and deriving motion from said ratchet-wheel and adapted to engage withsaid gear-wheel,

means for moving said bracket toward said gear-wheel, said means comprising a cam 'pivotally mounted upon a fixed part of the machine, said cam having an gularly-arranged stop-shoulders and radially-projecting teeth upon 0 posite sides thereof, a sliding bar adapte to engage with said stop-shoulders and having oppositely-dis osed projections adapted to engage with sai teeth, and means for positively sliding said bar in one direction and yieldingly in an opposite direction,

' In witness whereof we heretoaflix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

' SAMUEL K. DENNIS. FRANK,W. RICE.

Witnesses:

JAMEs A. Mo XnY, CHARLIE H. MANGOLD. 

